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110.450.721. Paten-tedApr. 21,1891.

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No. 450,721. Patented Apr. 21, 1,891

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HENRY S. DAUBENSPEOK, OF BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,721, dated April21, 1891.

Application led April 14, 1890. Serial No. 347,927. (No model.)

To cir/ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. DAU BEN- SPEOK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resident in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in lashing-Machines; and VIdo hereby declare the following to be afull and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a .part of this specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of washing-machines and enable the same to be operated atthe expenditure of a small amount of force on the part of the operatorand at the same time produce a thorough washing of the clothes.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing-machineconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detailsectional view.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a semi-cylindricalwashing-ma chine body composed of semicircular sides 2 and a curvedbottom 3, and provided with journals 4, extending laterally from thesides 2 and mounted in suitablebearings 5 of short uprights or standardsG of a supportingframe. The supporting-frame consists of four uprightsor standards G and 7, connected by horizontal bars S and 9, and inclinedside bars 10, extending from the upper ends of the short standards G towithin a short distance of the upper ends of the long standards 7, towhich they are secured. Jour naled in the upper ends of the longstandards 7 is a crank-shaft 11, provided with a centrally-arrangedcrank-loop 12, and having at one end a fly-wheel 13 and at the other enda crank-handle 14, by means of which the washing-machine is operated.The crankshaft is rotated and its motion is communicated to thewashing-machine body lby a pitman 15, having one end 1G connected to thecrank-loop 12 and the other end pivot-ed in the bifurcated upper end 17of a central post- 18, mounted on the top of the washingmachine body andsupported by an inclined brace 19, having enlarged perforated ends 2Osecured to the post 1S and the top 21 of the washing-machine body. Theend 16 of the pitman is secured to the crank-loop by asection-block andkey, and the crank-shaft is prevented moving longitudinally in itsbearings by flanges 22, which are arranged on opposite sides of one ofthe long uprights or standards '7. The inner" face of the curved bottomis provided with a series of transverse bars 23, having in their inneredges, which are arranged adjacent the curved bottom, rectangularrecesses Q4, which form a passage for the water when the washing-machinebody is operated, and produce an agitation and force the water throughthe clot-hes and enable the same to be thoroughly washed and cleaned.

In the operation of the machine the body 1 is tilted iirst on one sideand then on the other, and the water is caused to rush from end to endof the machine, and passes through the clothes and completely cleans thesame. lVhen the washing-machine is not being operated, it is heldstationary while the body is being filled with clothes or while thelatter are being taken from the body or tub 1 by pins 25, which passthrough openings 2G of the inclined side pieces 10 and engage recesses27 of cleats 28, secured to the sides 2 of the body near one endthereof.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings theconstrnction,oper ation, and advantages of theinvention will be readilyunderstood.

lVhat 1 claim is- In a washing machine, the combination of the framecomprising the short standards G, the long standards 7, and the barsconnect- IOO ing?v the standards, the body mounted in the frame andjournaled in suitable bearings oi' the short standards, the cent1-a1post 1S rising from the top of the body and having its upper endbifurcated, the inclined brace 19, secured to the top of the body andthepost, the crankshaft, and the pitinzm having one end oonnected to thecrank-shaft and the other end pivoted in the bifurcated upper end of the@entrai post, substantially as described.

HENRY S. DAUBENSPECK. Witnesses:

HENRY J. HoYT, LEVI A. GIBSON.

